Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (4-1 Overall) at Nazareth (N.Y.) (2-2 Overall)

Saturday, March 7, 2020, 2 p.m. - NLPA Field, Rochester, N.Y.

Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern will wrap up its 3-game spring break road trip on Saturday with a 1 pm contest at Nazareth (N.Y.) ... The Polar Bears began their trip in Memphis, Tenn. on Sunday with a 13-7 loss to national power Rhodes (Tenn.) and continued on Wednesday in Danville, Ky., with a 10-9 victory over Centre ... Senior Kevin Giles netted the winning goal with 1:23 left in the game to snap a 9-all tie ... Senior Samuel Neff scored to tie the game at 9-9 with 3:30 left to play ... Giles led ONU with 3 goals, posting his third career hat trick ...  scored a career-high seven goals to lead Ohio Northern ... Northern also got three goals from  who extended his own school record with his 20th career hat trick ... In all, eight different Polar Bears scored goals and 10 players had at least one point in the game ... Through 5 games this season, junior Joe O'Connell leads the team with 14 goals and 15 points ... Seniors Pat Berthelsen-Leon, Cameron Marous and Patrick Moran lead the team with 4 assists each ... Marous is second on the team with 9 goals and 13 points and Berthelsen-Leon and Moran are third with 6 goals and 10 points apiece ... Senior Javon Smith leads the team with 18 ground balls and 5 caused turnovers ... Freshman Ian Zaferakis is 4-1 in goal with 73 saves, an 8.30 GAA and an impressive 64.6 save percentage  ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader in goals (118), assists (85) and points (203) in his three-plus seasons as a Polar Bear ... Nazareth is coming off a 20-8 victory over Brockport (N.Y.) on Tuesday ... Senior Drew McNerney had a career-best 8 points with 6 goals and 2 assists in the win ... NC led 5-0 just five minutes in and cruised to the win ...McNerney leads the Golden Flyers in scoring with 10 goals, 5 assists and 15 points ... Jeremy Jacob is second with 9 goals and 13 points and Colin McElligott and Jon Roth are third with 5 goals and a team-best 5 assists and 10 points ... Eric Almquist is 2-2 with 43 saves, a 13.55 GAA and a 48.9 save percentage.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his third season at ONU with a 48-23 record, a winning percentage of .676.